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Monday, September 8, 2014

New air times for remaining Big Brother 16 episodes

(This schedule was updated with new info on Wednesday, September 10.)

Tuesday and Friday episodes of Big Brother? Yes -- mark your calendars! The premiere of Thursday Night Football on CBS and the fall television season in general mean changes are coming to the Big Brother 16 television schedule for the remainder of the season. Here are the air dates that are confirmed (except as noted) at CBS.com:

Tuesday, September 9, 2014, 8:00p Eastern & Pacific.

Wednesday, September 10, 8:00p Eastern (live) & Pacific (tape-delayed). House guests will start a live vote to evict either Cody or Victoria, but Julie will interrupt the vote. She will reveal to the house guests that their pressing of "Rewind Button" meant the last week's game actions are null and void.

Thursday, September 11: No Big Brother episode!

Sunday, September 14, 8:30p Eastern & Pacific. Notice the delayed start! CBS has built in a delayed prime time due to afternoon football coverage.

Tuesday, September 16, 8:00p Eastern & Pacific. (Julie announced during the Wednesday, September 10 show that an eviction would take place during this episode, which will not be live.)

Wednesday, September 17, 8:00p Eastern (live) & Pacific (tape-delayed). This will be a live eviction episode. (Second eviction of the week.)

Thursday, September 18: No Big Brother episode!

Friday, September 19, 8:00p Eastern & Pacific. Yes, really, a Friday episode! They're advancing what would have been the Sunday episode by two days. (Seriously -- if you don't believe me, go to the Schedule page at CBS.com and look for yourself. I'm not makin' this stuff up.)

Sunday, September 21: No Big Brother episode! The time slot goes to the series premiere of "Madam Secretary."

Tuesday, September 23, 8:00p. No episode. (Confirmed via the Schedule page at CBS.com.)

That's the new schedule. Adjust your DVRs if you think any of this remaining #ExpectTheExpected season is still worth watching. The "Rewind" twist was a boneheaded "We're giving you permission not to bother watching the live feeds or TV shows for a week" move by producers. If they had given us this twist three or four weeks ago, it might actually have generated some worthwhile drama. Why on earth did the producers wait until now? Victoria became and remained Frankie's target in his meaningless HOH and POV wins. Unless she pulls off a rare comp win, it's entirely possible that Victoria will still be the one who leaves the house this Wednesday night, which would render this nonsensical twist even more meaningless. Yes, even as our Newbie Desk writer, I'm hating this stuff as much as veteran fans. But enough of my rant. Post your own in the comments below or @uselesstraffic.

2 comments:

There won't be that last Tuesday episode, as CBS is airing the debuts of all of their NCIS shows. Plus, there's no need for it, as there's no veto to show. The last week will consist of:

1. Wednesday - final eviction and start of first round of three comps.2. Friday - the end of that first comp, the "final supper" where they reminisce about the season and some, if not all, of the second comp.3. Wednesday finale.

Also, it's not completely clear what happens this Wednesday. It could be one of two formats - one is like you described where somebody ultimately does go home that night. The other, though, is what they did in bb14 when the coaches voted to stay. They reset the week, did the HOH comp, and nobody was voted out until the following week.Timewise, either way can work to fit the season. If they wait to evict for a week, they can still do that surprise, pre-taped eviction on the Tuesday before the finals begin. You know when, they go from 5-4. If they go with your plan, then that show will just have a typical veto comp.

I'm thinking there will not be an eviction this week. The countdown clock goes off at 5:37 on Wednesday. If that's when Julie announces the rewind, they will not have time to do HOH, Veto and Eviction. Most likely she will announce it at 5:37 and then either do a live HOH comp or start an endurance HOH comp. And like Scott said, they can do an early eviction on the 16th and then another on the 17th. Plus, they could fill the time at the top of the hour with a jury segment.